Sankranti

Sankranti - Festivals In Mauritius
The first of the year's religious festivals. It is celebrated in the beginning of the Tamil month Thai in January/February, and is also known as Thai Pongal. It is an occasion of thanksgiving for the harvest where food is offered to the gods, which is represented by the ceremonial boiling of pongal (mixture of rice, sugar, milk and dhal) and the decoration of cows which are then fed the pongal. It is customary to wear new clothes at this time.

Chinese Spring Festival

The festival begins on the eve of the Chinese New Year with an explosion of firecrackers to chase away evil spirits. New Years Day is in January or February and does not fall on the same day every

Varusha Pirappu

Tamil New Year. Puthandu marks the Tamil New Year’s Day and is celebrated in the beginning of Chithirai - the first month in the Tamil Calendar year. The auspicious occasion of Puthandu is also

Culture & Language of Mauritius

The feasts in Mauritius are as various as the origin of the Mauritians and their religions. Visitors of the island shouldn't be afraid to attend the feasts. New Year (January 1st & 2nd) / Yaum

Population and Religion

Population and Religion At 31 December 1997, the population was estimated to be 1,120,530. It is divided into several ethnic groups, namely the Indo-Mauritians, creoles (that is persons having

Moon Festival - Mid Autumn Festival

Chinese families all across the Mauritius celebrates The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival. This holiday celebrates the date that parallels the autumn and spring Equinoxes of the

Sittarai Cavadee

Tamil religious celebration (April/May). This morning in temples throughout the country - The Sittarai Cavadee celebrated in devotion.

Thaipoosam Cavadee

The cavadee is a woodern arch decorated with flowers and palm leaves, with pots of milk (sambos) suspended from each end of the base. Devotees carry the cavadee from the bank of a river to a temple